Overview
- Rose confirmed a new backroom team this week with Marco Kurth as assistant head coach and appointments for Frank Geideck, Fabian Fredrich, Frederic de Boever, Patrick Eibenberger and Charlie Philpott.
- The squad beat St Pauli 4-1 in their opening pre-season friendly in Austria, a match in which Ben Gannon-Doak, Harold William, Daniel Jebbison and Bafode Diakite scored.
- Players and Rose said the group has bought into a high-intensity, aggressive pressing style that the new staff brought from their previous clubs.
- The club has acted to keep key personnel by rejecting a reported £64m bid for Alex Scott and is publicly in talks to sign Benfica defender Antonio Silva, a transfer situation described by Rose as ongoing.
- The overhaul aims to build squad depth for the Europa League and give young players minutes, a move that will affect rotation needs, homegrown slots and the club’s ability to compete across domestic and European fixtures.